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Tuesday, 31 July 2012

The former University of Colorado graduate student, is accused of fatally gunning down 12 people at a midnight premiere of "A Dark Knight Rises" almost two weeks ago and booby trapping his residence with enough explosives to destroy a whole apartment building.

The Government is considering the most sweeping and radical changes to Australia's surveillance and intelligence laws since the establishment of the original powers in 1979.

We've put together a quick video to explain the changes. Watch the video and sign the petition to Attorney-General Nicola Roxon using the link above, asking her to withdraw the Government's support for these controversial changes to surveillance laws.

Sunday, 29 July 2012

Several members of the regime's military intelligence in al-Bab city in the northern province of Aleppo have become prisoners of the Free Syrian Army. They were taken captives after opposition fighters took over the intelligence building. The military intelligence headquarters in al- Bab was seen as one of the most feared and hated intelligence agencies in the province. It was notorious for the beating and torture of activists. Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reports from al-Bab.

On the 28th July 2012 a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death following a brawl at a joint birthday party in Smethwick (Birmingham). As youth violence is on the rise Craig Pinkney (Urban Youth Specialist) gives us another powerful, heart felt message on this issue, with the intention to reach young people who engage or are affected by knife/gun crime.

Friday, 27 July 2012

Since 1993, almost 400 women have been murdered in Juarez, Mexico, a factory town that is home to people who toil away at "maquiladoras" (border factories) making cheap consumer goods for the US market. "Bordertown" tells the story of Lauren Fredricks (Jennifer Lopez), an ambitious newspaper reporter, who has been sent to Juarez by her editor (Martin Sheen) to investigate what has happened to these hundreds of women and how the local police and authorities have been covering up the brutal rapes and murders. Lauren looks up her former colleague (and lover) Alfonso Diaz (Antonio Banderas), who now runs the local paper, and they soon uncover one of the hottest stories of the year when they come across the only known survivor of one of these mysterious attacks. The victim is reluctant to speak, but Lauren convinces her to break the silence; yet the real danger is not the murder, but the larger forces who don't want the story told.

According to multiple witness accounts, staff at Pennsylvania’s
SCI (State Correctional Institution) Rockview killed John Carter, a
32-year-old man from Pittsburgh, during a cell extraction in the
prison’s solitary confinement unit on April 26, 2012. The declaration of
one witness, esteemed writer André Jacobs, follows this introduction.

John Carter had been held in solitary confinement in several
different prisons for the last eight to 11 years, where he had developed
a reputation as a jailhouse lawyer willing to speak out against the
rampant and endless cycle of human rights violations in prisons
throughout the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. A fellow prisoner
wrote of Carter: “He was a person of integrity. He did not believe in
abuse of others, especially the abuse of prisoners from prison guards.
If he could help someone in understanding the law, he was there. And he
had a lot of patience with others, especially the mentally impaired.”

A cell extraction is a procedure where six guards in riot gear, armed
with pepper spray, a stun shield and a taser, enter a prisoner’s
solitary confinement cell and forcibly subdue, handcuff and shackle him.
According to witness accounts, on the day of his death, prison guards
filled Carter’s solitary confinement cell with an extraordinary quantity
of pepper spray prior to opening his cell door, tasering and assaulting
him.

One report stated that the incident began after Carter protested
being deprived of food. Another prisoner reported that during the cell
extraction, he could hear Carter say: “All right, all right, I’m coming
out. Let me cuff up.” The same report stated that he then heard a guard
say, “No, you should’ve come out when we asked you the first time,” and
that the guards continued to spray Carter, “turning his cell into a gas
chamber.”

A fellow
prisoner wrote of Carter: “He was a person of integrity. He did not
believe in abuse of others, especially the abuse of prisoners from
prison guards. If he could help someone in understanding the law, he was
there. And he had a lot of patience with others, especially the
mentally impaired.”

In a story published by Solitary Watch, “Death in Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Cell Raises Questions,”
Hannah Taleb writes: “In 1995, John Carter took part in a robbery that
resulted in the murder of one man in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was 16 at the
time and was convicted of second-degree felony murder. In Pennsylvania,
which has more juvenile lifers than any other state, his conviction
meant a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole.
(Under the Supreme Court’s June 25 ruling, in Miller v. Alabama,
that mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles were
unconstitutional, Carter would likely have had his sentence
reconsidered, had he lived to see the day.) …

“Before his death Carter had spent the last 10 to 11 years in
solitary. According to prisoner reports, he had been known to break the
rules of his unit in order to share food, hygiene items and writing
utensils with newcomers to his block and adamantly used both the
grievance process and legal system to challenge acts of abuse and
retaliation by prison staff. …

Guards prepare for a cell extraction at a Pennsylvania prison. – Photo: Butch Comegys, The Times-Tribune

“(O)fficials first claimed that no cell extraction took place the
day of Carter’s death, then that there was an extraction but no video
footage, and finally that an extraction took place but the footage may
have been ‘damaged.’ …

Under the Supreme Court’s June 25 ruling, in Miller v. Alabama,
that mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles were
unconstitutional, Carter would likely have had his sentence
reconsidered, had he lived to see the day.

“No statements have been made by the State Police since May 10.
Toxicology reports from the coroner’s office are still forthcoming more
than two months after John Carter’s death.

“John Carter’s family is not satisfied with the investigation thus
far and are resolved to find justice in his death. They arranged for a
second autopsy and filed a criminal complaint with Center County
District Attorney Stacy Parks-Miller in June. As a response, the DA’s
office is now overseeing the investigation carried out by the State
Police but has released no further information on its progress.”

An interview by Hannah Taleb with John Carter’s sister, Michelle Williams, for Rustbelt Radio can be heard here:

Go to http://hrcoalition.org/node/223
to read more documents HRC has gathered in relation to the murder of
John Carter. They are provided to raise awareness, to garner support for
his family seeking justice, and to inspire action against deliberate
torture and killing of prisoners inside Pennsylvania prisons.

The Human Rights Coalition is a group of predominately prisoners’
families, ex-prisoners and some supporters. Our ultimate goal is to
abolish prisons. We seek to empower prisoners’ families to be leaders in
prison organizing, while reducing the shame of having a loved one in
prison. We want to make visible to the public the injustice and abuse
that is common throughout our judicial and prison systems and eventually
end those abuses. Contact the Human Rights Coalition at 4134 Lancaster
Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19104, (215) 921-3491 or Info@hrcoalition.org. Excerpts from Hannah Taleb’s story were added to the HRC account by Bay View staff.

Declaration of André Jacobs on the murder of John Carter

André Jacobs, being duly sworn, declares the following under the penalty of perjury:

Background

On April 26, 2012, prisoner John Carter was murdered by prison guards
in SCI-Rockview’s Restricted Housing Unit (RHU). The murder was in
retaliation for Carter protesting what began as guards Sherman, Hellman
and another guard denying him his dinner meal and Lts. Sutton and Davis
refusing to rectify it upon being informed of it by myself, Carter and
other prisoners.

SCI Rockview, known as Pennsylvania’s “Big House,” was the first
prison in the state to use the electric chair. This is the main
building.

The pretextual dispute was whether Carter’s 21-meal foodloaf
punishment was over, i.e., whether Carter was, in fact, entitled to a
food tray – he was, in fact. He received his first foodloaf on April 19
at lunchtime. A universal thing called mathematics dictates that his
21st foodloaf was issued at lunchtime on April 26.

“Foodloaf” is an inedible brick-like slab of cold rice, oatmeal and
other unknown items issued to prisoners who allegedly abused a food tray
or item. It is a tactic to starve prisoners.

Description of incident

Carter covered his cell door window in protest of being denied his
dinner meal. He allegedly threw a liquid outside his cell door after
being denied a remedy. It is unclear how this is possible since, after
the first claim that he threw something from his cell, he was put in
A1-2 cell, which is specifically designed to prevent the throwing of
items out of the cell at any time.

During the collection of our food tray, guard Sherman said to me,
“Your buddy’s going down tonight,” while smiling. I have a non-contact
policy with Sherman because he previously assaulted me and denied me a
food tray also.

Carter was never ordered beforehand to remove the door covering.
Instead, Lt. Sutton and Lt. Davis mounted an extraction team, often
referred to as the “goon squad” or “winga turtles” because they wear
helmets, vests, protective face, arms and leg armor. They are also armed
with batons, electroshock riot shields, handheld electroshock devices
and O.C. spray (Oleoresin Capsicum, commonly known as pepper spray).

Before the guards proceeded down the range in formation, Lt. Sutton turned on the extremely loud fan.

Terrell Rhem: “The fan ain’t been on all day. Now you turn the fan on?”

The fan they are supposed to use after the cell extraction/spraying
is over is the exhaust fan to suck the O.C. out of the atmosphere. The
fan used served only to make noise, knowing that all RHU prisoners’
witness accounts in such situations are based on what we can hear. And
it was turned on long before it was officially declared that Carter
would be sprayed.

Carter remained unresponsive the entire time. The guards began
spraying O.C. into the cell. I and others screamed that they were
spraying beyond the “2-3 second burst” dictated by Department of
Corrections (DOC) policy. They continued to spray.

Israel Torres: “They got two different types of spray! Two different types!”

The fan
used served only to make noise, knowing that all RHU prisoners’ witness
accounts in such situations are based on what we can hear. And it was
turned on long before it was officially declared that Carter would be
sprayed.

After spraying a voluminous amount of O.C. into Carter’s cell, the
guards tried to enter for attack but realized that the door was jammed.

By this time, they had sprayed so much O.C. that he was probably
afraid to come out of his safe space. Even if he wanted to surrender
they had discouraged him by spraying excessive O.C. He probably already
knew they were coming to kill him.

A number of times, the extraction team left to regroup or make phone
calls. They eventually returned with the maintenance man. After the
maintenance man tried unsuccessfully to unjam the door, they sprayed
more O.C. in the cell. By now, they were using sticks and poles to push
items from Carter’s door in order to get as much O.C. into the cell as
possible.

André Jacobs: “Y’all would rather do all of this than give that man his food tray, huh? He’s hungry!”

The guards sprayed O.C. into Carter’s cell at least 10 times knowing
they could not get into the cell. In all of my years of witnessing and
participating in cell extractions, I’ve never ever witnessed so much
O.C. used on one prisoner. It had to be enough to subdue an elephant.

The murder

They ripped the door off like madmen. Six guards entered the cell as
the camera man stood outside, supposedly audio- and visually recording
the assault.

SCI Rockview is an old prison, built in 1912. This 1940 view was printed as a postcard.

John Carter’s last words, as reported by Carter’s neighbor, Corey Blanchard: “Get off me!” or “Get off my fingers!”

Anthony Autwell, Carter’s other neighbor: “I heard them banging him
around on the wall and floor. They were saying, ‘Stop resisting,’ as
usual. I heard Carter say something like, ‘Stop twisting my fingers.’
They electro-shocked him at least seven times.”

While the guards had on gas masks, they left Carter pinned to the
ground without any protective gear on a cell floor full of O.C. for
several minutes. He was then dragged out of the cell by his knees with
his head dragging along the floor, out into the hallway between A1 and
A2 showers.

It was reported to me that Carter was not
handcuffed or shackled when he was removed from his cell. This is
troubling, since they spent so much time inside Carter’s cell doing
what? The official plan in any cell extraction is to take the person to
the ground and handcuff and shackle him. It’s like they knew they were
going in Carter’s cell to kill him.

Lt. Sutton: “Cut the camera off!”

Camera man: “Do you want me to keep filming?”

Lt. Sutton: “No! Cut it off!”

Nurses Julie, Bob and possibly Amanda were all loosely present in the
RHU. None of them attempted to intervene or caution the guards about
the amounts of O.C. being used.

It was
reported to me that Carter was not handcuffed or shackled when he was
removed from his cell. This is troubling, since they spent so much time
inside Carter’s cell doing what? The official plan in any cell
extraction is to take the person to the ground and handcuff and shackle
him. It’s like they knew they were going in Carter’s cell to kill him.

After about 10-15 minutes, I heard a female scream, “Call 911!” It
was at least 10-15 minutes longer before trained medical personnel
arrived. I personally heard them try to revive him only once.

Top prison officials, including Superintendent Lamas and Deputy
Horton, are witness to Carter’s death. Carter was wheeled out of the RHU
without any definite declaration as to whether he was dead or alive.

Cory Blanchard: “I solemnly swear to you, he had no life whatsoever
in his face when they dragged him out. His body was limp, his head was
sideways and his tongue was hanging out of his mouth. They didn’t even
have respect for his body. Isn’t it a crime for people to disrespect a
dead person’s body?”

Crime scene corrupted

Immediately after the RHU clan cleared out, inmate workers were
ordered by Lt. Sutton and other unknown prison officials to clean the
cell. O.C.-soaked items were removed from Carter’s cell, and the cell
was watered down with a hose and mopped. I cannot recall in what
sequence, but at some point a guard – I believe was Lt. Davis – took
pictures of Carter’s cell.

All of these actions tampered with the crime scene because none of
these people were trained professionals. Some, in fact, were inmates –
who are also on the “honor block” and will do practically anything to
maintain the privileges that come with that.

A guard patrols one of the tiers at SCI Rockview. – Photo: Daily Collegian

The amount of O.C. in Carter’s cell and on items in the cell were
indicative of the amount of force used, possible baton strikes might
have been visible on the floor or wall, and the condition and station of
the mattress were all pieces of evidence that helped to shed light on
exactly what happened. It could all also contradict the guards’ version.

O’Neil Thompson: “When I was at Greene, I witnessed the handling of
several crime scene incidents. One was a homicide or real bad stabbing,
the other was a rape. Both times, they had the cell sealed off for weeks
before anyone touched them.”

Late night whispers

In the very early hours of April 22, myself and Robert Hankins
overheard John Doe and Jane Doe (“Lynn”) speaking to a guard in front of
Carter’s cell. Both were plainclothes; we believe they were detectives
of some sort. Lynn: “Well, where’s his property?”

Guard: “I don’t know.”

Hankins: “Why are questioning guards who were not there?”

He received no answer and both detectives ignored our specific
requests to be interviewed they instead resolved to ask informal,
insignificant questions to guards they knew were not there. They did not
question a single prisoner on the range and did not seem particularly
concerned about the murder. We believe she said she would return later
in the day.

The aftermath

Many are afraid that they are next to die. Instead of trying to
recapture the small sense of normalcy that existed before they killed
Carter, many closet-racist guards – Councan, Taylor, Sherman, McHenry,
Archer, Phillips, Lt. Hardy and Lt. Graham etc. – have added to the
already hostile environment by making light of Carter’s death.

Both
detectives ignored our specific requests to be interviewed they instead
resolved to ask informal, insignificant questions to guards they knew
were not there. They did not question a single prisoner on the range and
did not seem particularly concerned about the murder.

Lt. Hardy, Deputy Marsh and Superintendent Lamas were informed orally
and in writing that at least nine prisoners on this range identify and
reported the assault on Carter as a murder, citing DC ADM 001 Abuse
Monitoring Policy. Each of them brushed it off, refused to report it via
DC 121 Incident Reports and generally took the approach that they do
not want us to expose the truth.

On the afternoon of April 27, prisoner Shawn Hampton was slammed on
the ground by guard Baumgartner following an escort from the yard. I
overheard Baumgartner say, “Start murdering these fucking niggers!”
Hampton was placed in cell A1-6, four doors away from me. I heard him
say he was having medical/breathing complications and needed his
inhaler. This was at 12:00. When the 2:00 p.m. shift guards arrived at
Hampton’s cell on their first round, they discovered him sprawled out
and unresponsive.

Many are afraid that they are next to die.

Lt. Graham was summoned over the walkie-talkie but took at least
eight-10 minutes to show up even though he was in the control bubble
only 30 steps away. As a result of this blatant display of disrespect,
prisoners Rhem and Hankins noted loud that Hampton had been waiting for
medical help for hours.

Lt. Graham breached security by turning off the hand held video
recorder to go to Hankins and Rhem’s cells, telling them to “shut up.”
He then specifically said, word for word: “Why don’t you die like
Carter? You’re gonna die like Carter!” It was our first confirmation
that Carter died.

Jeffery Rackovan was orally informed of this incident and was asked
to reserve all video evidence to support the claim. He said he would,
and that he would file a 121 Incident Report.

Prisoners in SCI Rockview who are not in solitary confinement work
in the Big House Products factory manufacturing products used
throughout the state. – Photo: Dave Bonta

Later the same day, during the distribution of food trays, guard
Taylor exclaimed, “Who gets the loaf – Carter?” and began laughing. He
then began “whistling Dixie” down the entire range. As he was leaving,
he made the flat-line “beeeep” noise.

Corey Blanchard: “My main
concern is whether they’ll continue to have these people working around
us. Nurse Vicki, Julie, Amanda, Michelle – they’re all friends and
didn’t like Carter. You never know; they could have purposely let him
die.”

On the morning of April 28, guard Sherman grinned the entire day to
provoke a response while we were coming in from yard. He and he only
selected particular prisoners to ask, out of the blue: “Are you refusing
to come in? We can easily call the CERT team.” Those asked included
myself, Hankins and Rhem, not ironically.

Institutionalized terrorism

The murder of John Carter on April 26 is deeper than “a cell
extraction occurred in the RHU and a man died.” His death exemplifies
what Carter himself and many others have endeavored to expose for years:
that solitary confinement is a dark hole where anything goes.

There is no accountability for rogue prison guards, and top officials
turn a blind eye to the abuse, dismissing abuse claims in rote fashion.
This only encourages the perpetrators to continue breaking the law.

The only difference between a street criminal and a prison guard is
that the street criminal knows if he gets caught doing wrong, he’s going
to prison, whereas the prison guards are part of a system that
endeavors to uphold an image of professionalism. They will cover up and
protect that image no matter what.

His death
exemplifies what Carter himself and many others have endeavored to
expose for years: that solitary confinement is a dark hole where
anything goes.

Systematic practices throughout the entire DOC include, but are not limited to:

● a high presence of reject guards like Sherman, Taylor, McHenry and
others who cannot function in population due to poor social skills;

● a misconduct system with a 99.9 percent conviction rate against
prisoners and a 98 percent rate of rejecting all grievances filed
against DOC stuff, as per the DOC’s own statistics;

● the encouragement of prisoner on prisoner violence, including suicide and sexual assault;

● retaliation against prisoners exercising their constitutional right
to file grievances, criminal complaints and civil suits regarding
conditions of confinement and prison guard/official abuse. Retaliation
comes in the form of fabricated misconduct, placement or extended time
in solitary confinement, destruction of property and denial of parole;

● failure to provide adequate physical or mental health care;

● frequent use of racial slurs, threats of violence, and verbal and
physical abuse by the guards, which ultimately leads to cell extractions
or other occasions for guards and officials to torture, abuse or
murder; and

● the issuance of cold, inedible, sometimes frozen foodloaf as a tactic to starve prisoners.

There is
no accountability for rogue prison guards, and top officials turn a
blind eye to the abuse, dismissing abuse claims in rote fashion. This
only encourages the perpetrators to continue breaking the law.

In one of my prior writings, I penned: “As the years passed, I came
to overstand that a job as a prison guard only appeals to those who need
to be controlled/instructed on what to do and not to do and are not
leaders. They rise through artificial ‘rank’ systems of sergeant,
lieutenant, captain, major etc. based on following written scripts on
how to be a leader. They are not permitted to be innovative or let their
individual characters shine. There is not much of a difference talking
to a guard of the lowest rank or a warden or superintendent because the
mentalities are the same.”

● They continued shocking him after he was already subdued by the O.C. and the guards.

● Carter was already physically and mentally weak from being starved of food off and on for seven days.

● They kept Carter in the cell full of toxic chemicals, knowing he needed fresh air.

● They took an excessive amount of time to call for help after Carter stopped breathing.

The imbalanced equilibrium

Other facts which factored into Carter’s decision-making include:

● There is no legitimate avenue of relief or protection from abuse
for the DOC prisoners. I have overheard him ask Blanchard rhetorically:
“Do you know how many grievances, complaints and lawsuits we’ve filed?
Between me, Hankins and Jacobs alone at least thousands.”

● Carter was locked in adult prison since the age of 14 serving a
life sentence. If I understand his crime, he participated in a robbery
in which the victim was accidentally shot and killed.

Prisoners are sent to “the hole” – solitary confinement – like
this one in a Pennsylvania prison most often, they say, for protesting
prison conditions, especially if they’re Black or Brown.

● He was unjustly placed in the Special Management Unit (SMU),
which led to his placement in solitary confinement indefinitely, a
practice called Restricted Release List (RRL), which can be ended only
with the approval of the secretary of the Department of Corrections.

● He spent years in solitary confinement witnessing and experiencing prison guard abuse without any accountability.

Before completing this report, I discovered the following:

● Guard Taylor (There are two Taylors monitored in this report: The
killer is the father of the antagonist and potential killer.), who
Carter allegedly assaulted on April 19, was a member of the
cell-extraction team that killed Carter. This is attributable to a DOC
and Rockview policy, practice or custom of refusing to issue separations
between parties whenever it will inconvenience them. Hayden Marshall
was in the law library while the cell extraction team was mounted and
personally saw Taylor in gear.

● On May 1, while Hankins, Torres and Rhem were in the law library,
Lt. Sutton processed in the RHU a new comment. He pointed an imaginary
gun at these three prisoners and began “shooting,” indicating that they
are marked for death.

● Ex-SCI-Rockview prisoner Steven Gravely has several incidents with Lt. Sutton, including possibly being sprayed.

● Current and severely mentally ill prisoner Allen Barnes was viciously and excessively sprayed with O.C. by Lt. Sutton.

● Lt. Sutton supervised and condoned an assault by prison guards on Robert Hankins in 2011.

● On his own accord and without approval of the dietician, Lt. Hardy
literally cut the food portions in half, stating “make a move.” The
entire RHU was in an uproar.

● On May 1, Sgt. Stitzer outright denied prisoner Rhem his dinner
meal, along with guards McHenry and Sherman, who have repeatedly
assaulted prisoners, myself included, as a team. While leaving the
range, Sgt. Stitzer knocked on Carter’s cell door and said, “Hello? Is
anyone there?” as they all laughed.

● On the same night, under Lt. Kern’s supervision, guard Glass
slammed the arms of Anthony Bloom in the food slot and tried to
fabricate a claim that Bloom assaulted him. The cameras were viewed,
showing Glass had lied. While in the yard on May 2, I witnessed Bloom’s
arms severely cut up and bandaged. Glass specifically boasted of
Carter’s murder and called Bloom a “nigger.”

● During rounds on May 2, myself, Rhem, Hankins and Thompson all
informed Superintendent Lamas of these events. I insightfully informed
her that now that they have gotten away with a murder, other racist,
hot-headed guards are seeing how much more they can get away with. I
also informed her that I firmly assert my right to self-defense, as I
have successfully done in the past.

After the murder of Carter on April 26, guard Sherman returned to
work on April 28 without a care in the world. A total atmosphere of
terror and intimidation has been created in an attempt to make prisoners
afraid to expose the murder of Carter or otherwise make them afraid to
give statements critical of Rockview if interviewed.

During
rounds on May 2, myself, Rhem, Hankins and Thompson all informed
Superintendent Lamas of these events. I insightfully informed her that
now that they have gotten away with a murder, other racist, hot-headed
guards are seeing how much more they can get away with.

If history and the shabby police work done is any indication, I
foresee that Carter’s murder will be ruled accidental or justifiable and
swept under the rug like all the other murders of RHU prisoners
throughout the state of Pennsylvania. The abuse will continue until all
are spiritually broken or moved to rebel, Carter will become a footnote,
and racist, blood-thirsty guards will rear their ugly heads to kill
again.

Pursuant to 28 USC §1746, I, André Jacobs, declare that this
statement is true and based upon my own personal knowledge or belief. I
certify that nothing in this writing is meant to mislead or deceive.

Signed: André Jacobs

“Man must not care how and where he dies, provided he dies at the post of honor and duty.” – Abraham Lincoln

Open letter to the family of slain comrade John Carter

by André Jacobs

Behind these walls, we honor John (J-Roc) Carter as a fellow soldier
who died in the line of duty. He stood for a cause and went above and
beyond the call of duty. John Carter was a warrior in a mission by the
Pennsylvania Department of Corruption (DOC) to break his spirit so that
his body would labor for the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) without
resistance.

Pennsylvania activists who oppose solitary confinement rallied in
Philadelphia on July 18, 2011, at the height of last year’s first
California hunger strike. – Photo: Joe Piette

They could not kill his spirit, so they killed his body. These
small minds fail to realize that J-Roc’s spirit lives on. His spirit is
alive and breathing and shining brighter than it was before. A warrior’s
spirit never, ever dies.

I met J-Roc at SCI-Houtzdale in 1998; he immediately stood out
because he was the only juvenile with a voice as deep as singer Barry
White. He wrote music, sang not so well and was a great rapper. To his
dying day, he was awed by the fact that I remembered many of his songs
from back then word for word. I connected with him because he was
insightful, loyal and not too strong to show compassion. He was a
fighter and stood firm on his beliefs.

Me and J-Roc were imprisoned together at SCI-Greene in 2001 but did
not get to see each other. We were both aware by word of mouth that we
were officially identified as threats by the oppressor as our minds
elevated and we came into cultural, personal and revolutionary
conscientiousness. We struggled and grew together without being in each
other’s physical presence. For years, I was eager to see where his mind
was and just how much he had grown.

Behind
these walls, we honor John (J-Roc) Carter as a fellow soldier who died
in the line of duty. He stood for a cause and went above and beyond the
call of duty.

We met back up when I arrived here at SCI-Rockview in April of 2011.
He wasn’t much taller but he no longer had the build of scrawny
juvenile. I commented on his deep voice and he smiled. He congratulated
me on a lawsuit I won against the DOC and we talked about law, politics,
business, Black Panthers, struggle, pain and plans.

He was well rounded and I told him I was proud to see he had grown. I
shared with him my vision for an entrepreneurial movement called
“Supreme Network” and he said to me, “You know I’m all for the cause.”
He told me he wanted to incorporate into it the fight for juvenile
lifers in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. I promised him a meaningful
position not because we were friends but because I knew that given the
opportunity he would rise to the occasion.

One of J-Roc’s temporary goals was to get removed from the restricted
release list (RRL) that caused him to be sentenced to die in solitary
confinement. He gave me a copy of a lawsuit he filed which demonstrates
that the biased DOC selected him for placement in the special management
unit (SMU), which ultimately led to his RRL status.

While in the SMU, J-Roc, like many others, was subjected to every
form of mental and physical abuse the oppressor has to offer those of us
who refuse to accept slavery and torture in the form of assaults, food
starvations, constant provocation, sensory and perceptual deprivation
and mail destruction. It is like the story of Kunta Kinte.

They explore various methods to discover the one we are most
vulnerable to. The only difference here is that J-Roc never broke. He
stood for the cause knowing full well how diabolical and savage-like his
enemies were.

If I know J-Roc at all, and we’ve spent many a day and night talking
or debating, I know he has no regrets. His spirit is well and breathing,
watching to see how the future unfolds.

J-Roc’s
spirit lives on. His spirit is alive and breathing and shining brighter
than it was before. A warrior’s spirit never, ever dies.

By this letter to you, I am making an undying promise to you that I
will make J-Roc’s name live on forever. He was a well respected and
decorated soldier in this war on Blacks and oppressed people and is held
in high esteem. Every man, myself included, is prepared to die a
thousand deaths. J-Roc believed that it is better to die on your feet
than live on your knees.

The oppressor maimed and hurt J-Roc’s body but they can never, ever
take his spirit from him or us. When you think of J-Roc, think of George
and Jonathan Jackson, Martin and Malcolm, Sojourner, Ms. Parks and all
of our other great warriors who walked their talk and transitioned with
no regrets.

I am here for you in any way you need me. All my love, respect, loyalty and support.

Thursday, 26 July 2012

While first running for the White House, Barack Obama campaigned on ending America's war. Not it seems though that the focus now shifting away from the war on terror and toward the war on drugs. And that war is expanding from Latin America to Africa, two locales emerging as powerful hubs for drug cartels. RT's Liz Wahl gives insight on what's going on there.

The community outrage in Anaheim California is fueled in part by the
fact that images of police brutality were acught on camera. But across
the US RT has reported on police demanding people to stop recording
them, stripping them of their phones even arresting people ofr rolling
the camera. All this raised questions over Americans' first ammendment
rights. But RT has obtained a statement from DC police chief Cathy
Lanier explaining the constitutional rights of citizens implying that
anyone can film police conducting official business in any public
place. So what does it take for the rest of the country to follow the

This episode of the show reports on Anaheim shootings, NYC ConEd occupy Storefront Picket Support, TIAA-CREF Divest Rally & Occupy Town Square and Casseroles march. OWS Week also covers events in Jackson Heights as well as LA Solidarity Park and Chalk Walk vigil and Festival Cultural. Also on this edition of the show we report on MacArthur Park march in solidarity with Mexico YoSoy132. Then there's Portland: EPIC Rally for Housing Justice.

A tape has emerged of the moment an apartment superintendent inadvertently walked into one of the New York Police Department's supposedly top secret antiterrorist safe houses, heaping embarrassment on the force.
During a routine inspection, Salil Sheth came across a sparsely furnished apartment containing pictures of terrorists, photographs of local landmarks and Muslim literature, the building supervisor called police, thinking he had stumbled upon an al-Qaeda terror plot.
What he actually discovered was far less threatening but much more embarrassing -- for the NYPD.
For Mr Sheth, who manages an apartment complex in New Brunswick, New Jersey, had inadvertently walked into a base for undercover officers investigating a terror cell.
The telephone call, in which Mr Sheth reported the discovery to New Brunswick police, has only just been released after The Associated Press news agency mounted a year-long battle with the NYPD.
In it he tells police he has found "suspicious activity" in an apartment unit in his building

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

As the mainstream media catches up to the chaos in Anaheim, similar outrage is brewing in Dallas - hundreds of protesters there have been taking to the streets after an officer shot and killed a suspect that reportedly was unarmed. According to police, the victim - James Harper -was shot after leading cops on a chase. The officer claims though that he feared for his life. Some protesters believe it was racially motivated and is
just one example of a corrupt police force. Anna Merlan of the Dallas Observer

Witnesses to the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man in Anaheim, California say officers offered to buy up cell phone footage of the brutality that followed. The circumstances of the shooting are currently under investigation.
A few hours after shooting 24-year-old Manuel Diaz as he ran from police at around 4pm Saturday, officers unleashed rubber bullets and an attack dog on a crowd of witnesses -- most of them women and children -- who confronted police over the incident as they gathered evidence.
Diaz later died in hospital. Officials have yet to comment on what may have caused one of the officers to open fire.
The incident has resonated through the community, with demonstrations Sunday outside -- and briefly inside -- the Anaheim Police headquarters, as Police Chief John Welter prepared for a press-only news conference regarding the assault.
Demonstrators chanted "no justice, no peace" and "cops, pigs, murderers" as officers stood by.
And now that the story has gained national attention, the Anaheim PD claims the crowd of witnesses became unruly following the shooting, alleging that they set a fire at an intersection in the neighborhood, while others threw bottles and rocks at officers.
However, a news video posted to YouTube shows local CBS affiliate footage of what appears to be police storming a block filled mostly with women and children, many of them sitting in lawn chairs -- with no fire in sight.
Local CBS reporter Jay Jackson confirms in the report that by shortly before 10pm Saturday, there was in fact a dumpster fire in the neighborhood after local residents formed a small protest, demanding answers from police. The Associated Press also now reports that dumpster fires were started on at least three occasions.
In the YouTube video, police are clearly seen firing rubber bullets on a crowd of horrified women and children. Shortly thereafter a German Shepherd enters view, attacking a woman and her child and then a man sitting next to them.
Towards the end of the video, Jackson says that "at least four" people present during the fracas told him that officers on the scene offered to "buy" cell phone video footage of the incident from witnesses.
Anaheim police officials are refraining from commenting on the circumstances of the attack or its aftermath, as the incident is still under investigation.
The officer who shot Diaz has been put on desk duty

"The N.C.A.A. announced significant penalties against Penn State and its football program Monday, including a $60 million fine and a four-year postseason ban, in the wake of the child sexual abuse scandal involving the former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky...The university must also vacate all its victories from 1998 to 2011, meaning that Joe Paterno is no longer the major-college career leader in football coaching wins...".* Cenk Uygur, Cara Santa Maria, and Rick Strom (TYT Sports host) discuss on The Young Turks.

!WARNING! This story will mess you up! Louise has been on the streets of London for over two years. She has given birth to two babies while sleeping rough. Complications with her last birth left her crippled and now bound to a wheelchair. As if that's not enough, she goes on to say she's had her head kicked in several times from street violence. Louise is only nineteen years-old.

Louise is a young woman that in a normal world should have an endless future of possibilities. Instead, she is dependent of others to push her wheelchair up and down the street while begging to survive. No one should have to live like this! NO ONE!

Louise says she cannot get help because she has no local ties. I cannot validate her statement, but I I have seen first hand how communities here in the U.S. only want to pay to help people who have local ties. Trouble is, homeless people move to where resources are, and it's also extremely hard to confirm a zip code when a person does not have an ID or passport. Municipal government's have less funds for social services so they feel best use of the money is to target "locals only". But then young girls fall through gaps in the safety net.

As I type this I started to think about all the wonderful people I met sleeping rough in London. I am honored and grateful that they allowed me into their life for a little bit, but with the Olympics starting this week I have to wonder if they are even where I first met them.

Louise's story continues to mess me up. I don't know your heart, but I hope her story, and all the stories of the wonderful homeless people on this site mess you up enough so you'll join me and others in the fight to end homelessness.

Monday, 23 July 2012

A must read book is Anne Petrie's "Gone to an Aunts" which details the many different ways nuns across Canada lied, manipulated and even drugged women into giving up their babies - just so that they could turn around and sell them into adoption.
The Sisters of Mercy (Misericordia Sisters), the religious Salvation Army and other religious institutions offered their so called help to unwed mothers since they discovered the huge profits that could be made from each baby sold. That is how hospitals started springing up all over Canada and today the Vatican is being discovered for what it is: the most evil and most criminal organization in existence.

The Protect Your Children Foundation and Vatican Crimes Exposed will continue to tell it like it is, alerting entire communities about the danger that the evil organization known as the Catholic Church poses in our neighbourhoods. Visit: http://www.vaticancrimes.us

Audrey Wheaton, who turned 80 on Friday, is a resident lay chaplain at the Roanoke Rescue Mission. She has no plans to retire.
"I thrive on it," said Wheaton, who lives in a two-bedroom apartment at the Women and Children's Center. "One of my co-workers said, 'How long do you plan to work?' I said, 'Till I drop.' I can't see myself watching TV all the time."
"She has done many things in her life and is still one of the most active and energetic and positive people I know," said Rescue Mission director Joy Sylvester-Johnson.
Wheaton said her duties at the Rescue Mission include supervising and scheduling preachers for nightly chapel, working with people with substance abuse problems and being on call 24 hours a day.
"I'm everybody's grandma or mama. They call me Miss Audrey. I'm not skimpy with my hugs." Her nonworking hours are full as well. Wheaton is a deaconess and works in the Food Pantry at First Baptist Church-Gainsboro, and belongs to the Golden Age Club at High Street Baptist Church.
In her younger years she toured the country with her now-deceased husband, seeing 47 of the 48 contiguous states and Canada and Mexico, and was a guest on the "Regis and Kathy Lee" show in 1992, as part of a "Mom's Dream Come True" contest. The mother of two children and two stepchildren, she won a free ocean cruise.
"I've been blessed to be able to stay active for so many years," she said. "I get it from my mother. She loved people. I love people. I just get energy from being around people.
"I'd rather wear out than rust out."
She has been a voice in the African American community for more than two decades.
Audrey Wheaton wrote a popular column for the Roanoke Tribune, a newspaper that features the black community.
For many years, Wheaton's column was called 'Round Town.'
Wheaton wrote about everyday events in the Roanoke Valley and people's accomplishments.
"People want to hear the good news," said Wheaton.
Her column started in 1990. Her last one is this week.
"It's been a little depressing," said Wheaton.
Wheaton was recently diagnosed with a form of leukemia. She is currently taking chemotherapy and doesn't have the energy anymore to write the weekly column.
http://www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/263196http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/standing-up-for-the-innocent-would-like-you-to-sign-a-petition-we-need-over-1000-signatures

Murderer george zimmerman, who has a long history of violence and criminal behavior, has now been accused of molesting a girl for a decade. Prosecutors may use the testimony and Witness to paint a picture of murderer zimmerman for the Jury in zimmerman's Second Degree Murder case.

A massacre at a Colorado movie theater leaves 12 dead and dozens more wounded, and authorities have countless questions over what exactly happened and what the shooter's motives were. In a nation surrounded by surveillance, RT questions if all of this security really makes Americans any safer. To discuss this tragedy, RT's Liz Wahl is joined by Brian Doherty of Reason Magazine. Mr. Doherty is also the author of the book "Gun Control on Trial."

-Dennis Levy
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled his marijuana proposal this year. He publicly endorsed legislation to decriminalize marijuana "in public view". Governor Cuomo got the support of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and the city’s prosecutors. Republicans blocked the legislation for the same old reasons that proved false in the past i.e. Marijuana is a dangerous drug that must be controlled. It’s clearly time for marijuana supporters in New York to step up to the plate and get marijuana legalized in the big apple. Here are the facts:
A total of 16 states and the District of Columbia have so far passed laws allowing some degree of medical use of marijuana (10 of the 16 by majority vote of the citizens). In October 2011, Gallup poll showed 50 percent support for legalizing marijuana and 46 percent said marijuana should remain illegal. The highest support for legalization came from liberals and adults under age 30, with more than 60 percent and the lowest support came from Americans over age 65 with 31 percent. A full 61 percent of New York voters believe the state government should legalize medical marijuana, while only a third of voters oppose the reform.
From a medical stand point, Marijuana helps control nausea, vomiting, wasting and anxiety from AIDs, cancer and chemotherapy treatments, and can also help with pain and other symptoms of debilitating diseases such as diabetes, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. The Medical Society of the state of New York and the New York State Nurses Association support legalizing the drug for medical use. Moreover, legalizing marijuana for medical use does not increase recreational use of Marijuana by teens. Indeed, every scientific study has said Marijuana is harmless.
Nevertheless, the NYPD arrested and jailed nearly 400,000 people for possessing small amounts of marijuana between 1997 and 2007, a tenfold increase in marijuana arrests over the previous decade, according to a report released by the New York Civil Liberties Union. In 2011, NYPD made upwards of 60,000 arrests for Marijuana Possession and Blacks and Latino comprise 85% of arrests even though White youth were more likely to use marijuana. Governor Cuomo said that the present law is "incongruous" and "disproportionately" effects black and Hispanic youth. The pending bipartisan legislation - Senate Bill 5187 and Assembly Bill 7620 - would equalize minor marijuana possession penalties to a non-criminal, fine-only offense. According to the Associated Press, Cuomo's proposal differs slightly from these measures because it would retain criminal misdemeanor penalties for cannabis smoking in public.
. Last year, a small group of Marijuana advocates organized the ‘New York State Committee to Legalize Marijuana’. There mission is to support legislation that ‘Legalizes, Regulates, and Taxes Marijuana’ in New York State. They began organizing on Facebook and quickly got hundreds of people to ‘like’ their page and support their mission. Based on that success, they want to do outreach in New York City Communities by setting up a “Marijuana Table” on street corners to distribute information on Marijuana to the community. In addition, they will educate politicians about the medical benefits of marijuana & suLet’s Legalize Marijuana in New York State!
(Regulate it and Tax it!)bscribe them to a free online ‘New York State Marijuana Newsletter’ featuring updated scientific articles on marijuana and articles from people and organizations that support legalization of marijuana.
For more information e-mail New York State Committee To Legalize Marijuana at: levicobx@yahoo.com or to view the videos and information about marijuana on FB please visit: http://on.fb.me/zktFkN

Thursday, 19 July 2012

Between the ongoing legal woes surrounding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the witch-hunt for alleged contributor Bradley Manning, the future of the whistleblower site is up in the air. Where, then, will people turn to when it comes to releasing information on the Web if WikiLeaks goes away? Par:AnoIA is the name of a new site launched by members of the hactivist collective Anonymous, and Project PM founder Barrett Brown explains just how the site is giving people a new way of releasing and researching important intelligence.

Raising Your Game, a joint project between Nacro, Mencap and ICAN, is for young people aged between 14 and 25 with a learning disability or communication difficulty. Some have been in trouble with the police and some are at risk of getting into trouble. This video gives tips on what you should do if you need to go to court.

Mark Goldring, Chief Executive at Mencap says, "Going to court can be worrying, the Raising Your Game film is a great resource to help people with a learning disability understand what will happen."

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"""It would be interesting to look out of Andrew Scotts 26 year old eyes in the moments before his death that night. """
It is being reported that Lake County police officers with the sheriff's office shot and killed Andrew Scott but later realized they got the wrong house. They are reported to have been after an attempted murder suspect on Sunday but when they went to the wrong house at 1:30 in the morning Scott saw flashlights and gun flashes. Gun control laws in Florida allow men or women to answer their door with a gun in hand.
It is being reported that the police showed up at the man's house at 1:30 am and knocked on the door. Some reports are already stating, like it is fact, that the cops did not identify themselves. Maybe that is protocol when searching houses at 1:30 am for murder suspects? We now know why it can present an issue.
Lake County Florida Sheriff's deputies were looking for Jonathan Brown, who is accused of attempted murder. Brown was last seen in Blueberry Hills complex and his vehicle happened to be parked across from the now deceased Andrew Scott's front door. Apparently, those signs were enough to assume Brown was in that apartment and it seems procedures were followed that were obviously not right, whether legal or illegal.
From www.wesh.com, Herrell, stated, "The bottom line is, you point a gun at a deputy sheriff or plice officer, you're going to get shot."
It would be interesting to look out of Andrew Scotts 26 year old eyes in the moments before his death that night. He obviously lived in an area of Lake County Florida where the police would come at 1:30 in the morning looking for an attempted murder suspect. The knocking of the door and obviously a bit of fear running through the poor dead kid he grabs a gun. Like many Americans would who had the fear of what could be on the other side of the door, Andrew may have had the gun in any direction that made sense in the moment. As he pokes his head out the door, I am sure a brilliant light, much like that he saw moments later immediately greeted him, but at this instant in time it was SUPER duty flashlights of blinding intensity. Realizing, like most 26 year old young men would in America, it was police HE IS NOT REPORTED TO HAVE FIRED A SHOT, and the Lake County police used their guns to kill an innocent man.
The actual accused, was later caught... - 16 July 2012.

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Judy Woodruff talks with Steven Heydemann of the U.S. Institute of Peace and Frederic Wehrey from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about meeting with Syrian opposition leaders and developing options for confronting the challenges in Syria once the Assad regime falls.

Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Officers with the San Francisco Police Department in Northern California shot a man believed to have a knife this morning, but eyewitnesses report that the victim was in handcuffs while the authorities opened fire. RT can't confirm the authenticity of the video and comments made by the witness interviewed at this time.

Roughly 38 percent of households in Zimbabwe are caring for foster and orphaned children. "Samuel Gono," whose real name cannot be published due to stigmatization issues in the country, lost both parents to AIDS and now lives with his ailing grandmother. Here, his uncle describes why he believes Samuel would receive better care in one of Zimbabwe's rare children's homes.

As the US government claims war on whistleblowers and demands the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and others, the case of Bradley Manning has been brought to light once again. The US Army soldier who allegedly revealed government secrets has been jailed for over two years and reportedly tortured for "aiding the enemy." Pre-trial hearings are underway once again with his case, and RT's Abby Martin brings the latest from Jessup, Maryland.

Monday, 16 July 2012

About
Sara Kruzan, a child Sex-Trafficking Victim turned Survivor serving 25 years-life with the possibility of parole in 2020.
Biography
Sara Kruzan grew up in Riverside, California. She was raised by her mother, who was addicted to drugs and abusive toward Sara. She has met her father only three times in her life because he has been in prison serving time for serious felony convictions. Since the age of 9, Sara has suffered from severe depression for which she has been hospitalized several times. She has attempted suicide on multiple occasions.
Two months past her sixteenth birthday, human trafficking victim Sara Kruzan was sentenced to life in prison without parole when, after years of sexual, physical and mental abuse, she shot her pimp. When Sara met G.G., the 31-year-old man who would become her pimp, she was only 11. G.G. groomed Sara two years before he raped her. By then, his control was complete and he forced her into prostitution. Sara and the other girls who G.G. exploited were out on the streets from 6pm to 6am, every night. Twelve hours a night, seven days a week, for three years, Sara was raped by strangers so G.G. could profit. After three years, she snapped, and she killed him.
Now 34, Sara has spent half her life in prison as a model prisoner, and has asked Gov. Schwarzenegger for clemency. Sara was arrested and tried in 1994, before anyone was using the term "human trafficking" and when the country was still struggling to understand issues like domestic violence and pimp control that give one person coercive control over another. So there was no expert witness at Sara's trial to explain how her years of repeated rape, trauma, and abuse had affected her actions. There was no expert to tell the jury that with counseling, support, and care, Sara could heal from her traumatic past and grow to be a strong and moral woman.
At the time of her sentencing, the California Youth Authority evaluated Sara and determined that she was “amenable to the training and treatment” the juvenile system offers. She had never been arrested before, and had been an honor student and student body president.
Instead of being placed in the juvenile system, which would have resulted in her release at the age of 25, she was sentenced to serve the rest of her life in adult prison.
Sara is now 34 and has spent over half her life in prison. On September 28, 2010, she petitioned California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for clemency, in which he granted clemency by commuting Sara's sentence to Life with parole. Although, reducing Sara's sentence provided her with hope that she would eventually be freed, it is not justice and does not go far enough. Many petitioners along with myself feel that Sara has served more than enough time and that Time Served should be granted.
Sara's clemency petition was based on the absence of expert testimony at trial explaining how Sara's actions were affected by the years of abuse she endured, as well as on her youth at the time of the crime and her subsequent rehabilitation in prison. She writes, “The woman I am today is … capable of making healthy choices for myself. … Today I can and do lead a life of example for others.”
Two nationally known experts who recently evaluated Sara have concluded that she was suffering from the effects of what is known as intimate partner battering and the trauma of significant childhood abuse when she committed the crime.
The decision of whether or not to release Sara with time served rests solely with Gov. Jerry Brown. Sara Kruzan has spent the past 18 years in prison and deserves freedom. After surviving being raped and sold for three years as a child she deserves a chance to be a free woman, now.
Human trafficking Is Modern Day Slavery.
Victims deserve support and care, not prison. Join the movement, FREE SARA!
Sara Kruzan #W59700 C510-30-2low PO BOX 1508
Chowchilla, California 93610-1508
Email kimdeanne@freesarakruzan.org
Website http://freesarakruzan.org/http://savesara.com

@Pastor Omar
Aiyana Jones was a innocent 7 year old girl from Detroit that was
brutally killed by the police who then engaged in a coverup... WE HAVE A
CALL IN CAMPAIGN TO THE JUDGE THAT IS PRESIDING OVER THE AIYANA JONES
CASE. Please Call in... When you call the office of Judge Cynthia Gray
Hathaway you should say: "I am calling today because i want Justice
for Aiyana Jones. I am calling for the immediate arrest of officer
Joseph Weekley for the killing and coverup of 7 year old Aiyana Jones." ------------------------------------- Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway tele: (313) 224-2120

Sunday, 15 July 2012

"Does the Internet make us crazy? Not the technology itself or the content, no. But a Newsweek review of findings from more than a dozen countries finds the answers pointing in a similar direction. Peter Whybrow, the director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, argues that "the computer is like electronic cocaine," fueling cycles of mania followed by depressive stretches. The Internet "leads to behavior that people are conscious is not in their best interest and does leave them anxious and does make them act compulsively," says Nicholas Carr, whose book The Shallows, about the Web's effect on cognition, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. It "fosters our obsessions, dependence, and stress reactions," adds Larry Rosen, a California psychologist who has researched the Net's effect for decades. It "encourages—and even promotes—insanity."

MEXICO IS HAVING THE LARGEST PROTEST THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN
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Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Mexico City on Saturday to protest against Enrique Peña Nieto's apparent win in the country's presidential election, accusing his party of buying votes and paying TV networks for support.

Demonstrators were angered by allegations that Peña Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI) gave out groceries, pre-paid gift cards and other goods to voters before the national elections on 1 July.

Students, unionists and leftists in Mexico City carried signs reading: "Peña, how much did it cost to become president?" and "Mexico, you pawned your future for 500 pesos."

"The fraud was carried out before (the election), buying votes, tricking the people," said Gabriel Petatan Garcia, a geography student who carried a sign in Finnish. Protesters also carried signs in English, Japanese, French, German and other languages to call the attention of the international press.

"The PRI threatens many people and buys others with a couple of tacos," said Manuel Ocegueda, a 43-year-old shop worker at the rally.

Peña Nieto, a youthful 45-year-old married to a soap star, won last Sunday's election by 6.6 percentage points, according to the official count, bringing the PRI back to power after 12 years in opposition. The party had ruled Mexico for 71 consecutive years, with what critics say was the help of corruption, patronage and vote fraud.

PRI officials deny buying votes and say the elections were free and fair.

The final count had Peña Nieto with 38.21% support, leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the Democratic Revolution party with 31.59%, and Josefina Vazquez Mota of the conservative National Action party with 25.41%. The small New Alliance Party got 2.29%.

The final count will be certified in September by the Federal Electoral Tribunal. The tribunal has declined to overturn previously contested elections, including a 2006 presidential vote that was far closer than last Sunday's.

In the weeks before the latest polls a student-led movement, Soy132, mobilised demonstrations and online protests against his links to the media giant Televisa, saying that both manipulate public opinion and state institutions in malign synergy.

A series of articles in the Guardian added to the controversy by publishing evidence that Televisa paved his path to the presidency by smearing rivals and disguising pro-Peña Nieto propaganda as news. Televisa has denied the allegations.

Accusations of vote-buying began surfacing in June, but sharpened later when people rushed to grocery stores on the outskirts of Mexico City to redeem pre-paid gift cards worth about 100 pesos (£4.50). Many said they got the cards from PRI supporters before the elections.

López Obrador said millions of voters had received either pre-paid cards, cash, groceries, construction materials or appliances.

Some demonstrators covered the heads of statues with plastic shopping bags from Soriana, the supermarket chain where the gift cards were redeemable. "We have to come out in the streets to denounce that the PRI bought votes, and there were people who sold them," said a 32-year-old psychologist, Raquel Ruiz.

Some protesters said overturning the election result would be difficult, while others thought there were judicial means to prevent Peña Nieto from assuming the presidency.

López Obrador said he would file a formal legal challenge to the vote count in electoral courts based on the allegation that PRI vote-buying influenced millions of votes.

Simply giving away such gifts is not illegal under Mexican electoral law, as long as the expense is reported to electoral authorities. Giving gifts to influence votes is a crime, though it is not generally viewed as grounds for overturning an election.

Leonardo Valdés, the president of the Federal Electoral Institute, said he did not see any grounds for overturning the results but that an investigation into the gift cards had been launched.

The PRI spokesman, Eduardo Sánchez, said last week the gift-card event had been "a theatrical representation" mounted by the left. He claimed supporters of López Obrador took hundreds of people to the shops, dressed them in PRI T-shirts, gave them gift cards, emptied shelves to create an appearance of panic buying, and brought TV cameras in to give the false impression that the PRI had given out the cards.

Johnnie Lee Savory was just 14 years old when he was wrongfully convicted of the murder of his best friend and best friend's sister. He spent 30 years in jail for a crime he did not commit. Although Johnnie is now free,he is still considered and ex felon in the eyes of society, which is why he asking for DNA testing on the evidence used to convict him. His request for testing has been denied.
Help Johnnie in his fight to clear his name. Share his story, visit
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Saturday, 14 July 2012

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly have been trying to justify Stop & Frisk by claiming it gets illegal guns purchased out of state off the streets. They have also been feverishly trying to get Congress to pass stricter gun laws that would make it almost impossible for American citizens to purchase firearms to defend themselves.

Bloomberg and Kelly are going to have to find another way to justify Constitutional rights violations under their Stop and Frisk policy and a blatant attack on the 2nd amendment by continually calling for new gun laws in the wake of this NYPD officer's arrest. There is no telling how many guns Officer Mina sold to criminals over his 6 years as a corrupt NYPD police cop or how many injuries or murders those guns are linked to.

We can not trust a Mayor and a Police commissioner that are only interested in mass ticketing and arrest to generate revenue most of which are obtained as a result of 4th amendment right violations. I highly doubt we will not get an immediate press conference from Kelly and Bloomberg as they often give when a cop is shot because it does not serve their gun control / gun ban agenda.

They are only interested in publicizing shootings when it serves to help them in getting new laws passed that restrict the Constitution. Now that we have discovered the source of these illegal guns let's see how long it takes this usurping Mayor and his lackey Kelly to give statements to the press.

I urge all Americans not to give up their liberty and freedom granted them by the United States Constitution, any who try to alter it are tyrants that wish to enslave you.

The State of Mississippi residents have been victimize for well over eighty decades as the result of willie lynch style justice. The Mississippi communities must take a stand against the DEATH PENALTY and injustice toward the poor residents. Fredrick Bell remains on death row in the State of Mississippi despite evidence which clearly shows that he is innocent. On Saturday, July 14, 2012, at 11:00AM join the Conference call as we mobilize with the residents to start a chapter of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty. Call Saturday at 11:00PM 218-339-4300 and the access #152872.

The US is piling fresh sanctions against Iran in a bid to crank up the pressure over the country's nuclear activities. The actions target companies accused of breaching a European ban on buying oil from Tehran.

In a recent report brought to light by a freedom of information request, the Department of Defense is guilty of drugging its detainees. The report explains how the government forced prisoners to take mind altering drugs. The objective of the tactic is to allegedly "chemically restrain" an individual and have them reveal information. Jason Leopold, lead investigative reporter for Truth-Out.org, joins us with more on the questionable interrogation practice

my case number is 7:07-cr-00006, Nyron Nichols in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
I never had a prior conviction except for the one I have now, and they gave me a life sentence with harldy no drugs in the court room, and my life sentence is from a bunch of jailhouse witnesses jumping on my case, with no evidence to support that they even know me!!! And now that I am in prison, I have not caught one infraction since I have been here, that means I have gotten in no trouble since being locked up!! And they try to portray me as this big criminal!!

Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Drug addiction in Afghanistan is on the rise. According to UN reports, around three percent of Afghans abuse drugs, making the country the world's top user per capita. But only a fraction of addicts receive proper treatment, as Jennifer Glasse reports.

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